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Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 1/2] driver core: class: Clear private pointer on
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To:     "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@rjwysocki.net>,
        Linux PM <linux-pm@vger.kernel.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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        Srinivas Pandruvada <srinivas.pandruvada@linux.intel.com>,
        Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@intel.com>
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From:   Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@linaro.org>
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On 20/01/2023 20:46, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> From: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
> 
> Clear the class private pointer if __class_register() fails for it, so
> as to allow its users to verify that the class is usable by checking
> the value of that pointer.
> 
> For consistency, clear that pointer before freeing the object pointed
> to by it in class_release().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
> ---

Acked-by: Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@linaro.org>


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